The main reason for this is that red oak has red undertones in the wood so when you add whitewash your get a bit of a pink look which is very unappealing for most.
Whitewash red oak floors.
These test boards were bleached twice.
You can still see a hint of.
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When i saw this i knew there was hope.
Minwax has a whitewash pickling water based stain and am wondering how this might look on red oak floors the project is a contemporary home remodel.
American cherry brazilian cherry or pines which typically have orange or reddish undertones.
The floor still needs to be polyurethaned and that will happen later this week.
Dan s floor store 904 887 8303 whitewashed refinished the old yellowed red oak wood flooring for homeowners on the tpc side of sawgrass.
The floors after two rounds of wood bleach.
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The floor contractor patiently bleached a series of sample red oak floor boards to see what the floor would look like with three different stains.
White gray and clear.
I prefer lighter flooring like natural maple but am refinishing the existing red oak floors as a cost saving measure.
White floors do not work well with reddish woods e g.
So if you want a whitewashed look or even a light to mid gray you ll want to take an extra step and bleach the floors first to camouflage the pink.
Most whitewashed floors work best with american canadian hardwoods such as oak especially white oak maple and birch.
For example one of our clients liked the look of unfinished red oak but once the general contractor produced a sample of the whitewashed finish she had requested she was surprised by the.
I only used the white tinted polyurethane for the first two coats and i brushed on these two coats using a 5 inch stain and waterproofing brush.
Occasionally you ll find some with ash or hickory.